Edmund Drummond | |
Birth Date: | 4 August 1841 |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Serviceyears: | 1855–1904 |
Rank: | Admiral |
Branch: | Royal Navy |
Commands: | HMS Tenedos East Indies Station |
Admiral Edmund Charles Drummond (4 August 1841 – 6 May 1911) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station.
Born the son of Edmund Drummond, a career civil servant in British India,[1] Drummond joined the Royal Navy in 1855.[2] In 1867 he served as Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Sir Hastings Yelverton. Promoted to captain in 1877, he took command of HMS Tenedos in 1884.[2] Then, promoted to rear admiral on 26 March 1892, he was made Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1895, serving until March 1898.[2] He was promoted to vice admiral on 21 December 1898, to full admiral on 1 October 1903, and retired at his own request on 26 November 1904.
He lived at Halesworth in Suffolk.[3]
In 1872 he married Dora Naylor; they had one son and one daughter.[4]